Region: Middle East Country: Iran___ Geography Area (in sq km and sq miles): 1,648,195 sq km Area (Comparative): slightly smaller than Alaska Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast Elevation (lowest point - in meters and feet): Caspian Sea -28 m Elevation (highest point - in meters and feet): Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Population: 78,868,711 (July 2012 est. Languages (top 3 - %): Persian (official) 53%, Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects 18%, Kurdish 10% Religions (top 3 - %): Muslim (official) 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian Infant Mortality Rate: total: 41.11 deaths/1,000 live births Life Expectancy: total population: 70.35 years
Government Government Type: theocratic republic Capital: Tehran
Economy GDP (purchasing power parity): $928.9 billion (2011 est.) Population below poverty line: ?
Geography
Area (in sq km and sq miles): 1,648,195 sq km
Area (Comparative): slightly smaller than Alaska
Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Elevation (lowest point - in meters and feet): Caspian Sea -28 m
Elevation (highest point - in meters and feet): Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Population: 78,868,711 (July 2012 est.
Languages (top 3 - %): Persian (official) 53%, Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects 18%, Kurdish 10%
Religions (top 3 - %): Muslim (official) 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian
Infant Mortality Rate: total: 41.11 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy: total population: 70.35 years
Government
Government Type: theocratic republic
Capital: Tehran
Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): $928.9 billion (2011 est.)
Population below poverty line: ?
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